Welcoming JCPS to Hotel Louisville
HOMELESSNESS AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN
Wayside Christian Mission’s Hotel Louisville would like to welcome its new neighbor—Jefferson County Public School’s Office of Homeless Education. Diana Warfield and Janice Spicer, who head the Crisis Intervention Intake and Enrollment Center located on the second floor of our building, assist school-age children whose lives have been disrupted by homelessness.
During this school year, some 8,000 school-age children will experience the trauma of homelessness in Jefferson County. According to Ms Spicer, the downturn in today’s economy is the number one cause of homelessness among elementary, middle, and high school students. It comes as no surprise that continuing levels of high unemployment and relatively low earnings have exacted a heavy toll on many of Louisville’s most economically disadvantaged families. Thankfully, JCPS’s Office of Homeless Education assists families in the registration and enrollment process while arranging transportation and tutoring for school-age children living in homeless shelters. Keeping these boys and girls in school is one of best ways of insuring the cycle of homelessness will be broken. By the way, JCPS staff members Diane Morrison and Joyce Shumate spend several nights a week tutoring the children in Wayside Christian Mission’s Family Transitional Program on Broadway.
As this is a collaborative effort that benefits homeless children throughout the community, Wayside Christian Mission agreed to donate the three rooms needed for this project—two offices and a learning lab—that is valued at $900 per month. Considering all that is at stake in the lives of these children, we are pleased in providing this space to the Jefferson County Public Schools without charge to accommodate this vitally important project.
Wayside Christian Mission’s Hotel Louisville would like to welcome its new neighbor—Jefferson County Public School’s Office of Homeless Education. Diana Warfield and Janice Spicer, who head the Crisis Intervention Intake and Enrollment Center located on the second floor of our building, assist school-age children whose lives have been disrupted by homelessness.
During this school year, some 8,000 school-age children will experience the trauma of homelessness in Jefferson County. According to Ms Spicer, the downturn in today’s economy is the number one cause of homelessness among elementary, middle, and high school students. It comes as no surprise that continuing levels of high unemployment and relatively low earnings have exacted a heavy toll on many of Louisville’s most economically disadvantaged families. Thankfully, JCPS’s Office of Homeless Education assists families in the registration and enrollment process while arranging transportation and tutoring for school-age children living in homeless shelters. Keeping these boys and girls in school is one of best ways of insuring the cycle of homelessness will be broken. By the way, JCPS staff members Diane Morrison and Joyce Shumate spend several nights a week tutoring the children in Wayside Christian Mission’s Family Transitional Program on Broadway.
As this is a collaborative effort that benefits homeless children throughout the community, Wayside Christian Mission agreed to donate the three rooms needed for this project—two offices and a learning lab—that is valued at $900 per month. Considering all that is at stake in the lives of these children, we are pleased in providing this space to the Jefferson County Public Schools without charge to accommodate this vitally important project.
posted by Tim Moseley at 3:24 PM
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